| State: | California |
| District Number: | 3 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections) |
| Representative: | Kevin Kiley |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Roseville |
| Population: | 788,130 |
| Population Year: | 2023 |
| Median Income: | $101,591[1] |
| Percent White: | 69.1 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 14.3 |
| Percent Black: | 1.5 |
| Percent Asian: | 7.4 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.9 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 6.1 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.8 |
| Cpvi: | R+4[2] |
California's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. It includes the northern Sierra Nevada and northeastern suburbs of Sacramento, stretching south to Death Valley. It encompasses Alpine, Inyo, Mono, Nevada, Placer (where the majority of the district’s population lives), Plumas, and Sierra counties, as well as parts of El Dorado, Sacramento, and Yuba counties. It includes the Sacramento suburbs of Roseville (the district's largest city), Folsom, Orangevale, Rocklin, Auburn, and Lincoln, along with the mountain towns of Quincy, South Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Mammoth Lakes, and Bishop.[3] The district is represented by Republican Kevin Kiley.
Prior to redistricting in 2020, the 3rd district encompassed most of the Sacramento Valley north and west of Sacramento. It covered all of Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, most of Glenn, Lake, Solano and Yolo counties and a portion of Sacramento County.[4] The district was represented by John Garamendi, a Democrat.
| Election results from statewide races | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results | |
| 2012 | President | align=right | Obama (D) 54.3–43.1% |
| Senator | align=right | Feinstein (D) 56.5–43.55 | |
| 2014 | Governor | align=right | Brown (D) 56.0–44.0% |
| 2016 | President | align=right | Clinton (D) 53.0–40.4% |
| Senator | align=right | Harris (D) 62.4–37.6% | |
| 2018 | Governor | align=right | Newsom (D) 52.4–47.6% |
| Senator | align=right | De León (D) 52.8–47.2% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden (D) 54.9–42.7% | |
| 2021 | Recall[5] | No 52.2–47.8% | |
| 2022 | Governor[6] | align=right | Dahle (R) 56.8–43.2% |
| Senator | align=right | Meuser (R) 54.1–45.9% | |
The 3rd district once extended up the Sacramento Valley from Sacramento to take in rural territory up to Tehama County. Once a Democratic bastion, the district was pushed into more rural and Republican-leaning territory after the 1990 census, and finally elected a Republican in 1998. The 2001 reapportionment made the district more compact and Republican than its predecessor, though it was far less Republican than the neighboring 4th district. Although there was some movement in registration in favor of the Democrats, it still had a strong GOP flavor as most of the Sacramento area's Democratic voters lived in the neighboring 5th district.
While George W. Bush carried the district in 2004 with 58.2% of the vote, the district swung rapidly in the Democratic column in 2008 with Barack Obama narrowly winning a plurality with 49.28% of the vote over John McCain's 48.81%. However, despite Obama's win, in the congressional election held on the same day the Republicans retained the seat.
After redistricting, this district essentially became the 7th district, while a new 3rd was created with lines similar to what the old 3rd had in the 1990s. This version of the 3rd was considered a swing district, though the bulk of its population lives in Democratic-leaning areas in the outer Bay Area and in the closer-in suburbs of Sacramento.
| Election results from statewide races | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results | |
| 1992 | President | align=right | Clinton (D) 40.9–37.2% |
| Senator | align=right | Herschensohn (R) 45.2–44.2% | |
| Senator | align=right | Feinstein (D) 49.3–41.7% | |
| 1994 | Governor | align=right | Wilson (R) 60.2–35.1% |
| Senator | align=right | Feinstein (D) 46.7-44.8% | |
| 1996 | President | align=right | Clinton (D) 45.2–44.4% |
| 1998 | Governor | align=right | Davis (D) 58.0-38.4% |
| Senator | align=right | Boxer (D) 53.1-43.0% | |
| 2000 | President[7] | align=right | Bush (R) 51.1–43.6% |
| Senator[8] | align=right | Feinstein (D) 48.9–43.4% | |
| 2002 | Governor[9] | align=right | Simon (R) 54.5–34.0% |
| 2003 | Recall[10] [11] | align=right | Yes 66.8–33.2% |
| align=right | Schwarzenegger (R) 58.2–20.3% | ||
| 2004 | President[12] | align=right | Bush (R) 58.2–40.8% |
| Senator[13] | align=right | Jones (R) 51.1–46.7% | |
| 2006 | Governor[14] | align=right | Schwarzenegger (R) 68.6–26.8% |
| Senator[15] | align=right | Feinstein (D) 48.8–46.1% | |
| 2008 | President[16] | align=right | Obama (D) 49.3–48.8% |
| 2010 | Governor[17] | align=right | Brown (D) 47.6–47.4% |
| Senator[18] | align=right | Fiorina (R) 52.9–40.7% | |
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Alpine | Markleeville | 1,141 | |
| 17 | El Dorado | Placerville | 192,215 | |
| 27 | Inyo | Independence | 18,527 | |
| 51 | Mono | Bridgeport | 13,066 | |
| 57 | Nevada | Nevada City | 102,037 | |
| 61 | Placer | Auburn | 423,561 | |
| 63 | Plumas | Quincy | 19,131 | |
| 67 | Sacramento | Sacramento | 1,584,288 | |
| 91 | Sierra | Downieville | 3,200 | |
| 115 | Yuba | Marysville | 85,722 |
El Dorado County is split between this district and the 5th district. They are partitioned by Scott Creek, Perry Creek, Perry Creek Rd, Rocky Bar Rd, Grizzly Flat Rd, Happy Valley Rd, Canon Creek, E16 Highway, Pleasant Valley Rd, Cedar Ravine Rd, Woodland Dr, Weber Creek, Highway 50, Chili Bar Reservoir, South Fork American River, Marshall Rd, Hastings Creek, Highway 49, Pilot Creek, North Fork American River, and the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area. The 3rd district takes in the city of South Lake Tahoe and the census-designated places Auburn Lake Trails, Camino, Georgetown, Grizzly Flats, Meyers, and Pollock Pines.
Sacramento County is split between this district and both the 6th district and 7th district. The 6th and 3rd districts are partitioned by Latrobe Rd, Scott Rd, Deer Creek, Carson Creek, Nimbus Rd, E3 Highway, Illinois Ave, Madison Ave, Kenneth Ave, Wachtel Way, and Old Auburn Rd. The 3rd district takes in the city of Folsom and the census-designated place Orangevale.
Yuba County is split between this district and the 1st district. They are partitioned by State Highway 70, Ellis Rd, and Union Pacific. The 3rd district takes in the census-designated places Challenge-Brownsville, Comptonville, Dobbins, Loma Rica, and Smartsville.
| Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress | Electoral history | Counties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1865 | |||||||||
| align=left | John Bidwell | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | Elected in 1864. Retired. | 1865–1885 Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, Yuba | |||
| align=left | James A. Johnson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 | Elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. Retired. | ||||
| align=left | John M. Coghlan | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | Elected in 1871. Lost re-election. | ||||
| align=left | John K. Luttrell | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 | Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1875. Re-elected in 1876. Retired. | ||||
| align=left | Campbell P. Berry | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1879. Re-elected in 1880. Retired. | ||||
| align=left | Barclay Henley | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the . | ||||
| align=left | Joseph McKenna | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 28, 1892 | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Resigned to become U.S. Circuit Judge. | 1885–1895 Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sacramento, Solano, Yolo | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 28, 1892 – December 5, 1892 | |||||||
| align=left | Samuel G. Hilborn | Republican | nowrap | December 5, 1892 – April 4, 1894 | Lost election contest. | ||||
| align=left | Warren B. English | Democratic | nowrap | April 4, 1894 – March 3, 1895 | Won election contest. Lost re-election. | 1895–1903 Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Lake, Solano, Yolo | |||
| align=left | Samuel G. Hilborn | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Lost renomination. | ||||
Victor H. Metcalf | Republican | March 4, 1899 – July 1, 1904 | Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor. | ||||||
| 1903–1913 Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | July 1, 1904 – November 8, 1904 | |||||||
| align=left | Joseph R. Knowland | Republican | nowrap | November 8, 1904 – March 3, 1913 | Elected to finish Metcalf's term. Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the . | ||||
| align=left | Charles F. Curry | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – October 10, 1930 | Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Died in office. | 1913–1933 Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | October 11, 1930 – March 3, 1931 | |||||||
| align=left | Charles F. Curry Jr. | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1930. Lost re-election. | ||||
| align=left | Frank H. Buck | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – September 17, 1942 | Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Died in office. | 1933–1953 Napa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 17, 1942 – January 3, 1943 | |||||||
| align=left | J. Leroy Johnson | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953 | Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the . | ||||
John E. Moss | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1978 | Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired; resigned before the term ended. | 1953–1963 Colusa, Glenn, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba | |||||
| 1963–1967 Sacramento | |||||||||
| 1967–1975 Sacramento (Sacramento city) | |||||||||
| 1975–1983 Eastern two-thirds of Sacramento | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 31, 1978 – January 3, 1979 | |||||||
Bob Matsui | Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 | Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the . | ||||||
| 1983–1993 Sacramento (Sacramento city and eastern suburbs) | |||||||||
| align=left | Vic Fazio | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired. | 1993–2003 Southwestern Butte, Colusa, Glenn, northwestern Sacramento, eastern Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo | |||
Doug Ose | Republican | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005 | Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired. | ||||||
| 2003–2013 Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, most of suburban Sacramento, northern and eastern Solano | |||||||||
| align=left | Dan Lungren | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the and lost. | ||||
| align=left | John Garamendi | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the . | 2013–2023 North central California including Davis, Fairfield, and Yuba City | |||
| align=left | Kevin Kiley | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – present | Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. | 2023–present Sierra Nevada region, including all of Alpine, Inyo, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, and Sierra and parts of El Dorado, Sacramento, and Yuba | |||